Evaluation of flow in the left anterior descending coronary artery but not in the left internal mammary artery graft predicts significant stenosis of the arterial conduit

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 424-432

  Pizzuto, Francesco ^a,e   Voci, Paolo ^a,d   Mariano, Enrica ^c   Puddu, Paolo Emilio ^b   Aprile, Alessandro ^c   Romeo, Francesco ^c  

^a Presidio Ospedaliero di Busto Arsizio   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d Medicine ^*  (Italy)

^e Medicine   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIASTOLE; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 13244275157     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2004.09.072     Document Type: Article

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